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The only small partitions shown are the boot partition which contains only the boot files for Win7 (which won't be created if you use Partition Wizard as suggested, and the Recovery partition which comes from your OEM.

If you don't have such plans then you can make your Win7 partition as large as you want. You should know what you want to store there vs. store on the data partition, so estimate its size based on that. Questions?

I do not have a scheme in mind. I have never had to go this far to get a computer going again. I would like to have the most available storage space available. If I put the operating system on 1 side and the folders on the other, how hard is it to link them? If I did that what would the smallest size I could use for the operating system partition? Can you readjust the size later? If it's too small will windows run slowly?

Windows will not start - can't do a clean install

How can I do a clean erase of my SSD to clean install Windows 7?I think I have a virus or malware and have been unable to get rid of it after many tries, and I am having multiple problems with this home built computer running Windows 7Pro 64bit. I installed a retail version of Windows 7Pro 64bit and I have my original installation disk. I want to do a clean...

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Help with Windows start up repair or clean installI want to do a start up repair but only have a upgrade disk. When I try to do the start up repair and pick the OS on the hard drive it comes up with a error saying the os is not compatible even tho the upgrade was done from this disk. Can I do a start up repair or clean install without losing any...

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Boot config not working, tried clean install, can't install windows 7My spouses pc all of a sudden wouldn't boot, not into safe mode or anything (vista), and so we were going to upgrade anyways to windows 7, so i bought the upgrade windows 7 and attempted to do a clean install and reformatted the c: drive which has 250gb, and each time i start the install it bogs...

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A wipe/clean start with 7 soft installAlright, so my computer is slowing down and there is a lot of clutter on it so it feels like time for a complete wipe and clean start. Now, my laptop was originally a vista laptop, but when 7 came out i bought it using a school discount that was available to me, and i got an online download and...

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Windows fails to start after clean installA rather peculiar problem I have encountered.
I consider myself a very experienced user, many years of computer building and OS installing.
This one has me stumped.
I have an older PC, a GA07N400S-L mobo with 512mb memory, Sempron2600 processor. All basic hardware is currently disabled,...

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Start clean install from BOOTUP OR DESKTOPCan you load 2 family computers man & wives in one house and the third one (Fathers) in a second house ??
These Computers are all running Vista.
Thats 3 licences total & 3 family members.
I understand these are all Upgrades 3 The question is do the computers have to all be in the same...